Review: Robin of Sherwood
This review was originally published July 2004, and the Limited Edition Region 1 DVD set by UK-based Network Videos was expensive and hard to come by. In Fall 2007, the series was finally released domestically by Acorn Media, split into two sets, Set 1 featuring Michael Praed’s Robin, and Set 2 featuring Jason Connery’s Robin. Both sets can be found at places like Best Buy and Amazon,... [Read More...]
Review: Sapphire and Steel
This review was originally published July 2004, the DVD set having become scarce by then. Since then, the DVD set was rereleased by A&E Home Video in 2005, and can still be found at places like Best Buy and Amazon. Sapphire and Steel (1979-82) (DVD) Featuring Joanna Lumley, David McCallum Directed by Shaun O’Riordan Official DVD release date — November 18, 2003 “Sapphire and... [Read More...]
KAMN Reviews?
Since Dragon Page Cover to Cover has thrown the door open to more contributor reviews, both in audio and print form, I’d like to do the same thing here. There are a lot of books and movies and tv shows that we won’t get to, or at least not get to any time soon, so I don’t see any reason why we can’t post written reviews here, or include the occassional audio review in a KAMN... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #33: Quantum Leap
Welcome to Show #33! Feature Discussion: Summer, David and Brian talk about the Emmy-winning series “Quantum Leap”, which ran on NBC from 1989-1993, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The Ninjas talk about the series, how the show’s setup and premise began with a fun and playful flavor, and progressed to a minor shift in season 4 and completely jumps the shark and loses its... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #20: V
Welcome to Show #20! The feature topic for this show is a pair of cult classic television miniseries, “V: The Miniseries”, and “V: The Final Battle”. The original miniseries, which first aired on NBC in 1983, and the continuation miniseries that aired in 1984, were created by Kenneth Johnson, and initially conceived of as an allegorical tale about the rise of fascism in the... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #16: Space: Above and Beyond
Welcome to Show #16! The feature topic for this show is Space: Above and Beyond, a military scifi show created by X-Files writers Glenn Morgan and James Wong for Fox Network, and likely one of the first victims of Fox Network’s habit of early killings of scifi shows with potential. First up, The Ninjas bring you a special treat for Show 16 — an interview with Joel de la Fuente, one of... [Read More...]
Heat Vision and Jack
Listener Brian sent us the following tip: I thought you guys might want to see this pilot for a show spoofing Knight Rider and other similar classic scifi shows. It stars Jack Black as a NASA astronaut on the run with his talking motorcycle companion voiced by Owen Wilson. Although the show would not be appropriate for a full KAMN podcast, I figured you and your listeners would enjoy this. The complete... [Read More...]
KAMN Show #11: Dune
Welcome to Show #11! This week, we discuss Dune, the 1965 Frank Herbert novel that continues to have an impact on the way people think about science fiction. The Ninjas also cover the theatrical movie (several different versions of it), and the more recent SciFi Channel miniseries treatment of the book. Listen to their varied opinions on the creative interpretations. Also, courtesy of Jesse Willis,... [Read More...]
Free TV downloads available
We’ve been talking about AOL and Time Warner’s new broadband video collaboration, In2TV quite a bit over at The Babylon Podcast, simply because they are making the entire series available for free download. However, there are some other shows that might be of interest to the KAMN audience: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr, Pinky and the Brain, the animated Beetlejuice, Lois and Clark:... [Read More...]
Classic Cylon Centurion in Distress
See for yourself how low the old tin cans had fallen. Afterwards, take a moment to look around the Cylon Replica Costumes website, including a video commercial featuring the Cylons (a promo for the return of the classic series to SPACE television). They seem to be doing just as good a job as the Original Galactica Costume and Prop Museum with our treasured memories. Read More →
TV News: Dark Skies
It seems to be a new trend for older tv shows to show up on cable networks. Sometime last fall, one of the Showtime channels began airing “The Magnificent Seven”, the TV series starring Michael Biehn and Eric Close. Now it looks like one of the Encore networks has begun airing “Dark Skies”, the scifi-mystery series starring Eric Close and Megan Ward. Since “Magnificent... [Read More...]
More Hasselhoff news
Doug Kress suffered a moment of Hasselhoff overload while listening to KAMN #8, so he decided to share with us. Here’s a YouTube music video. Decide for yourself if David would have become the superstar pop idol he dreamed of being. Thank you so much, Doug. Read More →
KAMN Show #8: Knight Rider
Welcome to Show #8! This week, we discuss Glen A. Larson’s Knight Rider. Summer ’s all better now (thanks so much for the well-wishes), so she, Joe, and Dave jump right back into the early 1980s and one of many “futuristic tech” scifi shows featuring toys for the big kids. Did Knight Rider help that subgenre back then? Does it hold up well enough to tempt new viewers and new... [Read More...]
Sometimes, the commercials are worth it
There was a MacGyver MasterCard commercial on the Super Bowl right now. It was nice to see that Richard Dean Anderson can still do those MacGyver “I can’t believe I just did that” facial expressions. Read More →
KAMN Show #6: Battlestar Galactica
Welcome to Show #6! This week, we discuss Battlestar Galactica, both the old and the new. Summer, Joe, Dave and special guest Tee Morris (Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy) talk about the original Battlestar Galactica, the new Galactica, and a few things in between. This week’s Old School Anime Reviews for Your Ears, by Aaron from Weekly Anime Review, is the classic ninja movie, Ninja Scroll! There... [Read More...]
